Updated July 28, 2026 — 10:57am,first published July 28, 2026 — 9:42am10.57amTonkin Highway closed by ‘police incident’, throwing commute into chaosBy A police incident has closed a stretch of Tonkin Highway, throwing the morning commute in Perth’s north-east into chaos. A police incident has closed a stretch of Tonkin Highway on Tuesday morning. Main Roads WATonkin Highway northbound has been closed between Morley Drive and Reid Highway, with emergency services on site.Main Roads WA reports traffic is heavy on approach and has urged drivers to consider exiting the highway earlier and to avoid the area.9.42amPedestrian killed in Maida Vale crashBy Officers from WA Police’s major crash unit are investigating a crash that claimed the life of a pedestrian in Perth’s east on Monday afternoon. Police responded to reports of a serious crash involving a truck and the pedestrian on Maida Vale Road about 3.55pm on Monday.Police at the scene of a fatal crash in Maida Vale on Monday. Night News“St John WA attended the scene and rendered first aid to the pedestrian, who later died,” a WA Police spokesperson said.The man driving the truck was uninjured and is helping police with their inquiries, the spokesperson said.Anyone with information, dash-cam or CCTV footage is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.9.42amAcross Australia and around the worldBy Here’s what’s making headlines elsewhere today:Treasury has warned the Australian economy could be hit by an inflation spike and slower growth through the second half of the year as America’s war against Iran, Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, and Ukraine’s assault on Russian oil refineries upend the global petroleum market.The Four Corners boss who oversaw two episodes led by reporter Mahmood Fazal that were removed by the ABC over accuracy concerns says he was shocked to learn the program had allegedly misrepresented the identity of an anonymous source.Police say there were at least three suspects involved in a food festival shooting near Seattle’s Space Needle over the weekend, and that one of them was among those killed in the violence.Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has warned of more devastating wildfires across Europe, with climate change making heatwaves more frequent, as emergency crews raced to contain blazes in Spain and France before temperatures soar later this week.American technology giants are spending more on artificial intelligence infrastructure than their businesses generate in cash, and Australian companies are paying record sums to rent it at prices they cannot negotiate.9.42amToday’s weatherBy 9.42amWelcome to our live news blogBy Good morning readers, and welcome to our live news blog for Tuesday, July 28.Making headlines today is news from our courts, where a major defamation trial has heard a WA businessman felt he was “getting set up” before he decided to covertly record a meeting with a prominent developer.Aaron Grainger and his wife met with the commission’s deputy chairman Greg Poland and commercial officer Lisa Taylor at the Subiaco Hotel in 2019 to discuss a land swap deal which would allow Grainger to take ownership of a valuable sand-mining site in Myalup without going to tender.In exchange, Grainger would give the state government a place to dump contaminated soil from an airport development – a plot of land in Waroona.1 of 1